Introduction
In June, 2000, the Great Lakes Fishery Trust (Trust)
sponsored a workshop to determine research and assessment
needs to restore lake sturgeon in the Great Lakes (Holey
et al. 2000). The Trust utilized information gathered
at the workshop to develop criteria to guide future
funding. At the conclusion of that workshop, participants
expressed a strong desire to meet annually to continue
to share information and communication of sturgeon work
across the Great Lakes basin. In 2001, the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem Team
Lake Sturgeon Committee submitted a proposal to the
Trust to organize and convene a series of three Great
Lakes Lake Sturgeon Coordination Meetings, which the
Trust approved. The first Coordination Meeting was convened
December 11-12, 2002 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
Feedback received from participants and organizers of
the 2002 Coordination Meeting recommended that subsequent
meetings be held bi-annually. The second Great Lakes
Lake Sturgeon Coordination Meeting was held in Sault
Ste. Marie, Michigan on November 9 -10, 2004. These
are the proceedings of the second Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon
Coordination Meeting.
Meeting
Organization and Purpose
The meeting was organized by a steering committee of
consisting of representatives from the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem Team Lake
Sturgeon Committee, and state, provincial, tribal and
university biologists from across the Great Lakes basin.
| David Bryson (USFWS) |
Nancy Auer (Michigan Technological
University) |
| Rob Elliott (USFWS) |
Ed Baker (Michigan DNR) |
| Henry Quinlan (USFWS) |
Doug Carlson (New York DEC) |
| John Weisser (USFWS) |
Brad Eggold (Wisconsin DNR) |
| Emily Zollweg (USFWS) |
Marty Holtgren (Little River Band) |
| James Boase (USFWS) |
Lloyd Mohr (Ontario MNR) |
A meeting announcement and invitation to contribute
presentations was emailed to over 400 biologists, managers,
researchers, students, and the interested public from
the Great Lakes region. The meeting announcement was
also posted on the Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon Web Page.
The 2004 Coordination Meeting was designed to address
three emerging issues identified as priority by participants
at the 2002 meeting. They were: sturgeon passage issues
and approaches, habitat classification (spawning, nursery,
and juvenile), and habitat restoration and enhancement.
In addition, several presentations were solicited and
given that described progress made toward the two emerging
issues covered at the 2002 meeting; the use of stocking
and genetic considerations to rehabilitate populations,
and development of standardized assessment techniques.
PURPOSE: Provide a bi-annual forum to
foster communication and exchange of information relating
to the study, management, and restoration of lake sturgeon
in the Great Lakes basin, to address priority research
and assessment needs, and to address selected emerging
issues.
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